Crab-eating Mongoose vs Redclaw

Herpestes urva compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Herpestidae	Parastacidae
Genus	Herpestes	Cherax
Species	Herpestes urva	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Redclaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).